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- 14/12/1925 (Creation)
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18 x 22.5 cm
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Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888-1944) studied Law at the University of Athens. In 1917 he was in Egypt and met Cavafy. It is in the 1920s that he espoused the communist ideology. He wrote poems, novels, critiques, aesthetic texts, theatrical plays and articles, and was also involved in translation. He was one of the founders of the journal Igiso (1907).
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Handwritten letter by Napoleon Lapathiotis to Cavafy, on three pages of a bifolio. The second page is blank. It includes an excerpt from a letter by Louis Roussel to Lapathiotis regarding Cavafy and his poem "Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D.". Accompanied by envelope. (Athens)
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Mainly Greek
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Writing in ink. Physical item wear: oxidations.
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"Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D." >Α255
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Lapathiotis, Napoleon. “Letter by N. Lapathiotis to Cavafy”. Letter, 14.12.1925. GR-OF CA CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0095 (696), Onassis Foundation C. P. Cavafy Fonds. From The Digital Collection of the Cavafy Archive, edited by Onassis Foundation, Athens, last modified 01.10.2025. https://doi.org/10.26256/CA-SF02-S01-SS01-F18-SF003-0095.
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- Lapathiotis, Napoleon (Authority)
- Roussel, Louis (Subject)
- Pargas, Stefanos (Subject)
- Cavafy, C. P. (Subject)
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Roussel wants to know more about the poem "Temethus, an Antiochene: 400 A.D.". Lapathiotis undertakes to convey the question to Cavafy and to acquire information on the characters of the poem.